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Notices of some Gardens and Country Seats 





" Oak 



Trees — all Quercus sessiliflora. 





Length to 

 the fork. 



Girt at 

 4 ft. high. 



Middle 

 girt. 



Girt at the 

 fork. 



Cubic feet 

 above 

 fork. 





ft. 



ft. in. 



ft. in. 



ft. in. 







34 



16 2 



13 9 



13 5 



220 





32 



15 2 



13 



13 



260 





46 



15 



11 6 



9 6 







56 



14 



11 6 



9 6 







53 



14 4 



11 



9 







51 



13 9 



11 



9 







37 



13 3 



10 7 



10 4 



126 





41 



13 8 



10 



8 9 







44 



13 



10 



9 







46 



12 9 



11 



9 6 







51 



12 8 



10 6 



10 







53 



12 



10 2 



8 







70 



12 



8 6 



6 







67 



11 



10 1 



9 7 







47 



11 10 



9 8 



9 







58 



11 9 



9 2 



8 9 







54 



10 4 



8 2 



6 6 







51 



11 4 



9 6 



8 10 







" Elm Trees — all IJ'lmus campestris* 



39 

 32 



56 



16 

 14 

 14 



13 

 12 

 11 



12 



12 



9 



360 

 200- [ 



about 80 years' 

 growth." 



Old Cleeve Abbey is a ruin in a romantic valley, now turned 

 into a farm-house and outbuildings. There are the remains of 

 some handsome doors and windows, and a roof with the rafters 

 forming segments of semicircles meeting at the summit, and 

 without any cross ties whatever. Among numerous aged thorns 

 and fruit trees, there are a sycamore and a walnut, apparently of 

 great age, of which Mr. Babbage has furnished us with the fol- 

 lowing dimensions. 



" Sycamore{J v cerPseudo-Platanus), 17ft. in circumference, at 

 2 ft. from the ground ; the length of trunk, 7 ft., from which 

 spring a series of branches from 4 ft. 6 in. to 7 ft. in circum- 

 ference ; one branch extends in nearly a horizontal direction 

 51 ft. in length. This tree contains 440 cubic feet. 



" Walnut (Juglans regia) 14 ft. in circumference, at 4 ft. from 

 the ground ; length of trunk, 9 ft., from which spring three 

 branches, measuring respectively 9 ft. 4 in., 9 ft., and 8 ft. in 

 circumference. The branches extend all round about 45 ft. 

 from the trunk, forming a circle of 270 ft. 



" Another walnut is 1 1 ft. in circumference at 4 ft. high ; and a 

 third is 9 ft. 3 in. in circumference at 4 ft. high." 



